BISD Year at a Glance
Second Grade
English Language Arts/Reading
2014-2015
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1st
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Nine Weeks: August 25 - October 17 (38 days)
Target Skills:
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Sequence of events
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Compare and contrast
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Author’s purpose
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Cause and effect
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Story structure
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Text and graphic features
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Conclusions
Target Strategy:
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Infer/predict
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Question
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Analyze/evaluate
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Summarize, visualize
Reading:
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Accuracy: word recognition,
Words connected in text, selfcorrect, connected text
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Intonation
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Phrasing: punctuation,
expression
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First Semester
Vocabulary Strategies:
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Alphabetical order
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Using a glossary
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Multiple-meaning words
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Context clues
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Base words and endings- ed, ing
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Base words and prefixes un,re
Homophones
Spelling/Phonics:
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Short vowels (a ,i)
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Short vowels (o ,u, e)
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Long vowels (a, i)
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Long vowels (o, u)
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Consonant blends with (r ,l, s)
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Common final blends (nd, ng,
nt ,ft, xt ,mp ,nk)
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Double consonants and (ck)
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CVC syllable pattern
Grammar:
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Subjects and predicates
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Complete sentences
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Kinds of sentences
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Nouns
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Verbs
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Common and proper nouns
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Adjectives
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Punctuation
Writing:
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Descriptive Writing
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Simple sentences
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Complex sentences
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The Traits of Writing
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Poetry Writing
2nd Nine Weeks: October 20 – December 19 (40 days)
Target Skill:
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Main ideas and details
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Understanding characters
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Fact and opinion
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Conclusions
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Story structure
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Author’s purpose
Target Strategy:
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Visualize
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Summarize
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Monitor/clarify
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Infer/predict
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Question
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Analyze/evaluate
Reading:
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Rate
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Phrasing: punctuation, stress,
expression, intonation, natural
pauses
Vocabulary Strategies:
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Compound words
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Synonyms
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Base words and suffixes (-er, est)
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Prefixes (pre- and mis-)
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Idioms
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Using a dictionary
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Suffix (-ly)
Spelling/Phonics:
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Words with (th, sh, wh, ch,
tch), (-ed, and –ing ) Endings
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Contractions
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Base words with endings (-s, es)
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Words with (ai, ay)
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Words with (ee, ea)
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Long o (o, oa, ow)
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CV syllable pattern
Grammar:
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Singular and plural nouns
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Prepositions
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Contractions
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Verb tens
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Subject-verb agreement
Writing:
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Narrative Writing
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Writing process
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Poetry writing
3rd
Second Semester
Nine Weeks: January 6 – March 6 (41 days)
Target Skills:
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Cause and effect
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Story structure
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Sequence of events
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Understanding characters
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Text and graphic features
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Compare and contrast
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Main ideas and details
Vocabulary Strategies:
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Dictionary entry
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Homographs
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Antonyms, suffixes (-y and
–ful)
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Synonyms
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Prefix (over-)
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Figurative language/idioms
Target Strategy:
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Monitor/clarify
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Infer/predict
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Visualize
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Analyze/evaluate
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Question
Spelling/Phonics:
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Compound words
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Base words with endings (ed, -ing)
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Long I (I, igh, y)
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Long e spelled y
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Words with ar
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R-controlled vowels (or,
ore)
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R-controlled vowel er,
homophones
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Base words with endings
(-er and –est)
Reading:
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Accuracy: connected text,
rate, stress, expression
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Phrasing: punctuation,
intonation
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Phrasing: natural pauses,
accuracy: self-correct
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Grammar:
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Commas in a letter
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Commas in dates and
places
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Abbreviations
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Pronouns
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Possessive pronouns
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Possessive nouns
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Adjectives that compare
Writing:
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Persuasive Writing
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The Traits of Writing
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Poetry Writing
4th Nine Weeks: March 16 – June 4 (57 days)
Target Skill:
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Conclusions
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Cause and effect
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Sequence of events
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Story structure
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Fact and opinion
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Text and graphic features
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Understanding characters
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Compare/contrast
Target Strategies:
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Summarize
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Visualize
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Monitor/clarify
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Infer/predict
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Question
Analyze/evaluate
Reading:
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Rate: adjust rate to
purpose, expression
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Phrasing: punctuation
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Accuracy: connected text,
intonation
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Phrasing: natural
Vocabulary Strategies:
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Multiple-meaning words
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Antonyms
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Using context
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Synonyms
Classify/categorize
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Antonyms
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Dictionary
Spelling/Phonics:
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Suffixes (-y, -ly, -ful)
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Prefixes (re-, un-, over-,
pre-, mis)
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Spellings for /aw/:au, aw,
al, o, a)
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Vowel diphthongs (oo,
ew, ue, ou)
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Vowel diphthong (oo)
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Vowel diphthongs (ow, ou)
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Spelling patterns (ai, ay,
igh, -y)
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Spelling patterns (oa, ow,
ee, ea)
Grammar:
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Irregular Verbs
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Verb “be”
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Adverbs
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Commas in a series
Writing:
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How to paragraph
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Expository Writing
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Poetry Writing